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LAST ESCAPE After the bulk of the British Expeditionary Force had been evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940, one British division still fought on in France. But, as the French Army disintegrated, the 51st (Highland) Division was forced to retreat to the Normandy coast. Here John Grehan the incredible story of how one man, Major William Mullens, kept his entire unit together until its evacuation back to Britain. In so doing, 385 Battery, 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (1RHA), was the last formed fighting unit of the original British Expeditionary Force to escape from France. REVEALING THE PATHFINDER Richard Osgood reports on the recent excavation of a wartime Avro Lancaster. The aircraft, a Pathfinder Force Mk.I, from No.635 Squadron, crashed at Swayfield, Lincolnshire, on 30 March 1945 during what should have been a routine flight. THE BATTLE FOR MAY ISLAND John Grehan uncovers the facts behind the worst series of collisions in the history of the Royal Navy. HELLFIRE CORNER Look at a perspective taken "from the other side of the ditch", Maurice Laarman writes of surviving, anti-British, wartime graffiti on the walls of a gun battery situated at Cape-Griz-Nez on the French coast. THE THAMES TIMEBOMB We examine the wreck of the S.S. Richard Montgomery, a Liberty ship, with a cargo of munitions, that sank off Sheerness in Kent. THE DAY THAT WORLD WAR THREE BROKE OUT - ALMOST! Dale Johnson, one of the very last National Service recruits, presents a personal account of his time in the Royal Artillery - including the day when, for just fifteen minutes, it appeared that World War 3 had started! DEFYING BELIEF Alexander Nicolls investigates how one member of a wartime bomber crew fell 18,000ft without a parachute - and survived! WARSHIPS & WITCHCRAFT The incredible story of the last woman in Britain to face trail for witchcraft - in 1944! IMAGE OF WAR The precision bombing attack on the Gestapo Headquarters in Aarhus, Denmark. DATAFILE Britain's Secret Resistance: Arthur Ward examines the role of the Home Guard's secretive wartime Auxiliary Units. CAMERA AT WAR A snap-shot of the impressive King George V class battleships before, during and after their active service. A PIECE OF HISTORY Two unusual relics from a kamikaze attack on the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Illustrious in April 1945. CAMERA AT WAR A collection of photographs that clearly illustrate the dangers of moving by road during the North Africa campaign in the Second World War.
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